Of a shy and contemplative nature, I’m a pianist who speaks most freely through music. In teaching at school, I strive to unite patience with empathy, ever attentive to the quiet needs of others. My days pass between lessons and the practice of the instrument, whose keys confess what I seldom utter. In leisure, I delight in books (especially classic literature) and in the gentle society of friends, where, though reserved, I value warmth, wit, and sincere affection before everything else.